The evergreen macadamia tree reaches an impressive size of up to 15 meters. After about seven years, it bears up to 50 kilograms of macadamia nuts, which ripens gradually. The aromatic nuts are covered by a thick protective skin, which is removed after harvesting.
Gentle drying reduces the moisture content of the nuts to a maximum of 1 to 2 percent. Then it is time to break open the extremely hard shell with a special nutcracker. LIMBUA has developed its own tools and machines for this purpose, which preserve the valuable kernels in the best possible way.